Lego Robot Plus
17 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in Bronx, Lego, micro-computer, robotics, STEM Tags: Yankee stadium
Cube Master at Yankees
17 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in Bronx, STEM Tags: Thecubicle.com, Yankee stadium
This expert Rubik’s cubester (from theCubicle) solved it blind folded.
STEM at Yankee Stadium
17 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in Bronx, STEM Tags: Yankee stadium
Last week I went to the famous Yankee Stadium for a Bronx borough-wide STEM fair. It was excellent.
On the Farm and in the ‘Hood
12 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
I spent the day in the Bronx. Indoor hydroponics for vegetables, aquaculture for fish, and a couple of yard birds for the eggs.
Plus, a building-high mural of local celebrities!
Musical Instruments
17 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 10X, Bronx, Music Tags: autoharp, xylophone
Two excellent instruments in the computer lab: xylophone and autoharp (referred to by its manufacturer as a “chromaharp”)
Here is a view of the mallots (hammers?). Wrapped in yarn?!
And here is the label. It is made in France.
The autoharps is very cool too. From the outside, it looks like a I-don’t-know-what.
From the inside, it starts to look interesting….,
And when it is out of the case, it is best.
The documentation has instructions on how to tune the instrument, as well as a sampling of songs to learn and play.
Another view, another lab
11 May 2018 Leave a comment
in 186X, Bronx, computer lab Tags: 186X
The view from the computer lab
Some Honor
15 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in 176X, Bronx, Physical Education Tags: award, Ben Franklin, naked, runners
It is common to find that certain enormous high schools have been subdivided into several smaller ones, all housed within the same building. At one such site in the Bronx, I saw these Track and Field awards for a competition that had been held at the University of Pennsylvania. If you zoom in, you can see that these relay runners are completely nekkid, and they seem to be coming up to say hello to Ben Franklin. I know that during the ancient Greek Olympics the athletes were naked, but during the American Revolution too?
Bathrooms for Special Ed
21 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
In 2016, at 176X at Truman high school, I saw these bathroom signs: “Boys Bathroom Special Ed” and “Girls Bathroom Special Ed.” Hmm, segregation much? I alerted a staff member who alerted the custodian.
The signs have since been removed. The real questions is, how come no one else who saw these signs –including the students using the bathrooms — thought it was wrong (and possibly illegal)? How could these signs be up for so long and no one said a thing?
Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach 